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At the time, Andrea Piper, who owns Emma’s Salon, showed our reporter patches of road that had been left untouched due to cars not moving for prolonged periods.

Micro-surfacing

A Kent County Council spokesman said that the looseness and rough appearance of the road is due to the new “micro-surfacing” technique used, that the road will improve over time and that it will continue to be monitored.

The spokesman said: “These works were carried out using a technique known as micro surfacing.

“This provides a cost-effective way to preserve the existing road by providing a new road surface and protecting the road structure from deterioration by sealing it from water and oxygen damage.

“A characteristic of this type of work is that the finished surface looks coarse, uneven and rough immediately after laying and some loose material can be generated.

“However this will improve over time as the material beds in under normal traffic use.

“Compared to traditional asphalt, this can look different, but does not indicate poor workmanship or a problem with the material.

“As with all of these sites, we will continue to monitor the progress of this closely to ensure the works are of the quality we expect.”

And it is thought that the workers were meant to return to fill in those gaps where they had been forced to skirt around the parked vehicles.

But a spokesman for KCC confirmed the task had to be cancelled due to an "equipment failure".

The spokesman said: "The works are using the same micro surfacing technique as last time.

"It’s being done to pick up areas we were unable to do last time due to parked vehicles."

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